As some of you know I am on a weight loss journey. I was doing good up until about 6 weeks ago. Ever since I’ve kind of lost my motivation. I’ve been not feeling well with my neck which has caused me to stop exercising and I’m not eating well either. It’s not that I am eating unhealthy, it’s just that I’m not eating enough to keep my metabolism going. I haven’t gained any weight thank goodness, but it’s not coming off either.

Not losing the weight is kind of frustrating because I’m not reaching the goals that I have set myself. I want to get back into it again, but it’s hard if you don’t have any motivation. I’ve secretly started to think about taking weight loss pills, but my brain tells me that is point less. All I need is a good kick up the butt to get back into a routine again. So I invite you all; give me a good kick up the butt!!!

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So my hubby has been on a lower dosis of Oxycontin for a while now and I have to say that I am surprised at how well he is doing. Of course he is going through lots of withdrawals, lots of pain in his muscles, lots of hot and cold sweats, etc. It is going up and down; he has good days and bad days, but it looks like he’s having more and more good days now.

It helps that we didn’t plan anything and he can just stay home and concentrate on getting through this process. He told me he was even thinking about getting off it completely by the time he finished the boxes of medication we have right now. It’s a good thing he says that, but since we’re thinking about going on holiday as soon as I get my new passport he might just have to wait with that. The last thing I want is to be on holiday and him laying in bed all day because he is going through all the withdrawals.

We’ll still have to see how it goes when he will be completely off the pain killers. I hope the pain will be manageable. Maybe he needs different (less harmful and addictive) pain killers. The clinical laboratory service helps develop new medication all the time, so who knows if something better comes along. I’ll just be so happy when he gets off this hillbilly heroine.

As some of my regular blog readers know my husband is addicted to Oxycontin. He has been taking the pain killers for over three years now. Getting off it is a long and painful process. But… he has finally taken the step to lower his dosis again. Yesterday he has started with 10 mg twice a day instead of 20 mg.

I don’t know what the doctors were thinking when they put him on it. I know he was (and still is) in a lot of pain, but there are other ways to manage pain. The fact that the pain clinic even cranked up the dosage instead of looking for saver and better alternatives is disturbing. They don’t call Oxycontin Hillbilly Heroine for nothing!

It is hard to see my hubby go through this. It’s almost like living with a junkie, except for the fact that we get this on prescription. He’s having bad withdrawels, all his muscles are aching and he constantly has hot and cold sweats. And the worst thing of all is that I can’t do much to help him. I just have to see him go through it. It sucks…